Angela McNally, from Brankins Island Road, Aghalee, appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court charged with criminal damage, dishonestly causing electricity to be diverted and dishonestly using electricity. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. A representative of the NI Electricity Network said he attended the home of the defendant on April 5 last year and examined a white outside meter cubicle and revealed he saw a copper cable inserted under the meter cover and connected across two terminals on the meter.
Advertisement Advertisement The NIE Network worker described it as a ‘by-pass cable’ which was by-passing the ‘recording mechanism’. “It’s not recording some of the units,” he said. Defence barrister Barry McKenna asked if the meter box was outside the property and if anyone who had access to the property could access the box.
The NIE Network worker agreed. Under cross-examination the worker said: “You would need some sort of knowledge of electricity to do this.” When asked what evidence there was of the defendant causing criminal damage, the worker said: “That meter is that customer’s responsibility.
It’s on their property.” Advertisement Advertisement Mr McKenna asked: “What evidence is there that she was the person who broke the seals and went into that box?” The worker responded: “There is no actual evidence that she, herself, put that in. Bu.
